The Hurt Locker (2008)

131 min · Psychodrama, Thriller, War Film, action film, action thriller, drama film, independent film, war film

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Directors

Kathryn Bigelow

Cast

Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, Evangeline Lilly, Christian Camargo, Sam Spruell, Sam Redford, Malcolm Barrett, Kristoffer Ryan Winters

The story

During the second year of the Iraq War, a U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal team with Bravo Company identifies and attempts to destroy an improvised explosive device (IED) with a robot, but the wagon carrying the trigger charge breaks. Team leader Staff Sergeant Matthew Thompson places the charge by hand, but is killed when an Iraqi insurgent uses a cell phone to detonate the IED.

Catalogue themes and tags

American soldier, Army Unit, Bagdad, Barrett M82, Bomb Disposal, Booby trap, Dritter Golfkrieg, Explosive Device, Fear of death, High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, Iraq, Suicide vest, Timer, US-Army, explosives expert, Thriller, Action Thrillers, Action/Adventure, Drama, War film, Combat Films

Genres

Psychodrama, Thriller, War Film, action film, action thriller, drama film, independent film, war film

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